1st Fatfield

Scouts vs Wild

Proving we can
survive when the going get tough, scouts from 1st Fatfield and 3rd Washington took part in a Bear Grylls style
survival
weekend. The weekend was the final part of the survival badge which both
troops have been working towards on a Tuesday night.

We are now
adventurexperts in survival after a weekend of building a rudimentary
shelter (made
from salvaged materials around our base camp), lighting fires without
matches
and cooking on an open fire. While we didn’t have to find the food for
ourselves, we learned how to “peel” rabbits and about vegetation which
is safe to eat and could be found in the area.

It wasn't quite a
Brazilian jungle or the Sahara desert, but the woods at the
back of Fatfield still left us with plenty of survival challenges and we
are
confident that should we ever be put in a real life survival situation
our
scouting knowledge would keep us safe.

Look out for more photos coming online
soon. Badges will be presented at this week's parent's night for both
troops.